'iRecord Ladybirds' a free mobile phone app is launched today to help monitor the impact of the invasive Harlequin ladybird on the UK's native ladybird species. The app was produced by scientists at the Centre ...

Biology - Ecology

May 13, 2013 not rated yet 0

A study at the University of Liverpool into the spread of sexually transmitted infection in ladybirds has shown that disease risk to large populations cannot be predicted without a full understanding of the ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 07, 2013 not rated yet 0

In retrospect, introducing the Asian ladybird into Europe was a serious mistake. The insect was introduced some twenty years ago in a conscious attempt to combat aphids. But research carried out at Wageningen ...

Biology - Ecology

Jul 31, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 2

(Phys.org) -- To humans they might be pretty and small, the inspiration for nursery rhymes and children's clothing, but the redder the lady bird, the worse it tastes to the bird which tries to eat it, an international ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 06, 2012 not rated yet 0

A new study provides compelling evidence that the arrival of the invasive non-native harlequin ladybird to mainland Europe and subsequent spread has led to a rapid decline in historically-widespread species ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 07, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

A ladybird's colour indicates how well-fed and how toxic it is, according to an international team of scientists. Research led by the Universities of Exeter and Liverpool directly shows that differences between ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 06, 2012 4.3 / 5 (6) 2 |

The UK’s rarest spider is moving house today -- in a plastic bottle supplied by conservation group the RSPB.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Aug 11, 2011 5 / 5 (5) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO research has revealed that the tremendous diversity of ladybird beetle species is linked to their ability to produce larvae which, with impunity, poach members of 'herds' of tiny, soft-bodied ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 24, 2011 5 / 5 (3) 0